Nikita Khrushchev

What makes this film and Stalin’s funeral so fascinating is that we will never know how much of it was real and how much was staged. With the rise of ‘strong’ leaders backed by heavy propaganda all over the world, this docu is a quiet and unbiased look at our past, and a mirror to our future. – VM

This darkly funny doc compiles clips of Cold War training films, propaganda, and newsreels designed to ease Americans' fears about the atomic bomb.

This Sundance award winner tells the story of the U.S. government's jazz ambassador program in Africa and the CIA's involvement with the assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba. A provocative, real-life Cold War thriller, "Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat" intertwines jazz, espionage, and colonialism - uncovering a scandal whose urgency is still resonant in today's geopolitical climate.

The most significant tragedies and glories of the 20th century recounted by the former Secretary of State of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.